Publications by authors named "K Nixon"

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  • Intimate partner violence (IPV) significantly affects the physical and mental health of individuals, especially among sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, who experience IPV at similar or higher rates compared to cisheterosexual individuals.
  • The study aimed to identify and analyze myths and misconceptions surrounding SGM IPV based on interviews with SGM individuals who have experienced IPV and service providers, revealing five key themes related to prevalence, gender roles, and societal factors.
  • This research serves as a pioneering effort to shed light on the unique challenges faced by SGM individuals regarding IPV, highlighting the need for targeted public health strategies and interventions to combat stigma and misinformation.
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There is a pressing need to improve risk stratification and treatment selection for HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) due to the adverse side effects of treatment. One of the most important prognostic features is lymph nodes involvement. Previously, we demonstrated that tumor formation in patient-derived xenografts (i.

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Excessive alcohol use damages the brain, especially corticolimbic regions such as the hippocampus and rhinal cortices, leading to learning and memory problems. While neuroimmune reactivity is hypothesized to underly alcohol-induced damage, direct evidence of the causative role of microglia, brain-resident immune cells, in this process is lacking. Here, we depleted microglia using PLX5622 (PLX), a CSF1R inhibitor commonly used in mice, but rarely in rats, and assessed cell death following binge-like alcohol exposure in male rats.

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Background: Alcohol use in adolescence may increase susceptibility to substance use disorders (SUDs) in adulthood. This study determined if voluntary ethanol (EtOH) consumption during adolescence, combined with social isolation, alters the trajectory of EtOH and nicotine intake during adulthood, as well as activating brain neuroinflammation.

Methods: Adolescent male isolate- and group-housed rats were given 0.

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This mixed-methods secondary analysis examined VAW shelter use by 662 Canadian women abused by partners (50.5% Indigenous, 43.4% White, and 6.

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